Pope Leo X

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Catholic priest Pope human

Pope Leo X was a Renaissance-era head of the Catholic Church best known for his role in the early Reformation period, including his conflicts with Martin Luther and his patronage of the arts.

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Leo X 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWith Medici political influence in Italy ⓘ
birthDate 1475-12-11 ⓘ
birthName Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici ⓘ
birthPlace Florence ⓘ
Republic of Florence ⓘ
burialPlace St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
cardinalTitle Cardinal-deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica ⓘ
causeOfDeath probable pneumonia ⓘ
commissionedWork decoration of the Vatican loggias ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Papal States ⓘ
createdCardinalInConsistory 1489-03-23 ⓘ
deathDate 1521-12-01 ⓘ
deathPlace Papal States ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
educatedAt University of Florence ⓘ
University of Pisa ⓘ
electedPopeOn 1513-03-11 ⓘ
endTime 1521-12-01 ⓘ
era Renaissance ⓘ
excommunicatedOn 1521-01-03 ⓘ
familyName Medici court in Florence ⓘ
surface form: Medici
father Lorenzo de' Medici ⓘ
givenName Giovanni ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Renaissance ⓘ
issuedDocument papal bull Exsurge Domine ⓘ
surface form: papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem

papal bull Exsurge Domine ⓘ
issuedExcommunicationOf Martin Luther ⓘ
knownFor opposition to Martin Luther ⓘ
patronage of the arts ⓘ
role in the early Protestant Reformation ⓘ
languageSpoken Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
madeCardinalBy Pope Sixtus IV ⓘ
surface form: Pope Innocent VIII
memberOf House of Medici ⓘ
mother Clarice Orsini ⓘ
notableEvent papacy coincided with publication of Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses ⓘ
notablePolicy lavish spending on court festivities and art ⓘ
ordinalInOffice 217th Pope ⓘ
papalCoronationDate 1513-03-19 ⓘ
papalName Pope Leo X self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Leo X
patronOf Michelangelo ⓘ
Raphael ⓘ
the arts in Rome ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Rome ⓘ
Head of the Catholic Church ⓘ
Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ
predecessor Pope Julius II ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
sibling Lorenzo de' Medici ⓘ
surface form: Giuliano de' Medici

Lorenzo de' Medici ⓘ
surface form: Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici
startTime 1513-03-09 ⓘ
successor Pope Adrian VI ⓘ
supportedConstructionOf St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
usedFundraisingMethod sale of indulgences ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Raphael → appointedBy → Pope Leo X ⓘ
papal bull Exsurge Domine → author → Pope Leo X ⓘ
subject surface form: Exsurge Domine
Fidei Defensor → conferredBy → Pope Leo X ⓘ
Pope Clement VII → cousin → Pope Leo X ⓘ
Michelangelo → employer → Pope Leo X ⓘ
Raphael → employer → Pope Leo X ⓘ
Martin Luther → excommunicatedBy → Pope Leo X ⓘ
Defender of the Faith → grantedBy → Pope Leo X ⓘ
Reformation → hasKeyFigure → Pope Leo X ⓘ
subject surface form: Exsurge Domine
House of Medici → member → Pope Leo X ⓘ
Clarice Orsini → motherOf → Pope Leo X ⓘ
Renaissance papacy → notablePope → Pope Leo X ⓘ
subject surface form: Exsurge Domine
subject surface form: Exsurge Domine
Giovanni → papalName → Pope Leo X ⓘ
subject surface form: Giovanni de' Medici
this entity surface form: Leo X
Pope Leo X → papalName → Pope Leo X self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leo X
subject surface form: Exsurge Domine
Pope Julius II → successor → Pope Leo X ⓘ
The Warrior Pope → successor → Pope Leo X ⓘ
subject surface form: Pope Julius II